Tsui Kwo Yin
Tsui Kwo Yin, or Cui Guoyin, came from Taiping in Anhui and obtained the jinshi degree in 1871. He succeeded Zhang Yinhuan as minister to the United States in 1889. His Washington service placed him between a Qing government seeking protection for its subjects overseas and American authorities enforcing increasingly restrictive immigration laws. 1
In August 1893, Tsui appealed to Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham after receiving reports from the Chinese consul in San Francisco. Chinese laborers had been driven from Fresno and Tulare, while merchants in San Francisco had been threatened with closure of their businesses. Tsui asked the federal government to protect Chinese people and property and warned that the disturbances might spread. 2
Washington Appointments
- China — Minister, 1889–1893
Sources
- Chang Yin-huan
Passage identifying Chang's successor
- The Chinese Minister to the Secretary of State
FRUS 1893, document 270
- Tsui Kwo Yin — mission record (1889–1893)
- Tsui Kwo Yin — mission record (1889–1893)
- U.S. Department of State: Chinese diplomatic representation
Appointment and credentials chronology; its modern page heading does not identify the government represented by every historical entry.
- Qing yellow-dragon flag, rectangular form
Later Qing representatives: rectangular yellow-dragon flag, conventionally dated 1889–1912. Wikimedia Commons artwork by Sodacan; public domain.
Biography checked 2026-10-28.
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